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Roadbuilding
National Work Zone Awareness Week is March 23-27
“Expect the Unexpected” is the theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, a campaign designed to promote safe driving through highway work zones and construction sites. First launched in 2000 by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), […]
March 10, 2015
Business
Contractor optimism reaches historic high in annual construction industry forecast
The last time contractors were this optimistic, the economy tanked and went into the longest and deepest recession since the Great Depression. That was ten years ago. Today’s optimism is reported in the recently released Wells Fargo Construction Industry Forecast 2015. Of course this time, as economists like to say, it’s different. The last recession […]
March 9, 2015
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Safety
Worker survives being impaled on rebar after 15-foot fall on Massachusetts jobsite
It took rescue workers and firefighters more than an hour to free a construction worker in southeast Massachusetts who had fallen onto rebar. According to a report from the Sippican Week, the worker is part of a crew building a new waste services complex in Rochester. The unidentified man fell 15 feet onto the section of […]
March 9, 2015
Workforce
Construction adds 29,000 jobs in February
U.S construction firms added 29,000 workers to their payrolls in February, extending the industry’s streak of employment gains to 14 months. The industry now employs 6.353 million Americans, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The new data also revised the employment figure for January upward from the previously reported 6.314 million, to 6.324 million. The revision […]
March 5, 2015
Workforce
Disneyland masks its construction sites with magical artwork of whatever is being built
If you’ve ever been to either of the Disney parks here in the U.S. you know that the magical castle, whether belonging to Cinderella at Disney World in Orlando, or Sleeping Beauty at Disneyland in Anaheim, is the centerpiece of the park. So what does Disney do when not just one but two of its […]
March 5, 2015
Safety
67-year-old worker survives 25-foot dive into pit and the piece of metal that fell on top of him
Anyone able to keep up with the rigors of construction work while closing in on 70 must be doing something right. And anyone able to do that and survive a two-story fall into a pit must really be doing something right. According to a report from The Oregonian, a 67-year-old construction worker working on an upgrade to a water […]
March 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
USDOT launches local hiring pilot program
The U.S. Department of Transportation is introducing a one-year pilot program through the Federal Highway Administration that allows local hiring provisions as part of contracting requirements. The program, called Local Hire, is a result of a clarification by the Department of Justice of FHWA’s bidding statute that will allow such a provision as long as […]
March 4, 2015
Safety
Construction worker survives being pinned against backhoe in Alabama work zone crash, loses leg
While doing utility work along the side of a road in Birmingham, Alabama, over the weekend, a construction worker was hit by an SUV and pinned against a backhoe. According to a report from AL.com, 48-year-old Bobby Joe Smith, known to friends as Rusty, was finishing up his Friday night shift with Benton Construction along Lane […]
March 3, 2015
Safety
Gear Keeper retractable lanyards tether your tools to you for safety and convenience
It’s a bummer when you are high up on a beam or roof and your tape measure falls to the ground. It’s a lot more of a bummer when it hits somebody. Gear Keeper’s TL-1 3015 integrated elastic webbing has a short (33-inch) retraction length and a long extension (51 inches) so it doesn’t get […]
March 2, 2015
Safety
OSHA rejects Arizona’s fall safety standards
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has rejected fall safety standards crafted by the Arizona state legislature. Residential construction sites must now adhere to federal fall safety standards instead. According to a report from the Phoenix Business Journal, OSHA rejected the state’s own standards on February 6. The site reports the state set its own […]
March 2, 2015
Workforce
Nashville construction sites saw 8 armed robberies in February alone
In the wake of an armed robbery on a North Nashville jobsite last week, Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said that the city had seen a spree of construction site attacks as of late. Now, according to a report from WSMV TV, police have put an exact number on that February spree: eight. Brothers Jesus Belmontes, 26, and […]
March 2, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in equipment accident near Milwaukee
A construction worker part of a crew working on Milwaukee’s Zoo Interchange project along Interstate 94 was killed over the weekend. According to a report from WKOW TV, 33-year-old Ryan Calkins was killed in what the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office will only call an accident that “involved machinery,” around 8 a.m. Saturday. In WKOW’s report a […]
March 2, 2015
Safety
Worker killed by falling telehandler attachment in Minnesota
While working on a hotel jobsite in Minnesota, a worker was killed when an attachment from a telehandler suddenly fell on top of him. According to a report from KTTC TV, the 30-year-old unidentified worker was beneath the telehandler’s extended arm around 12:30 p.m. Friday when, “a very large attachment” fell from the machine. Authorities […]
March 1, 2015
Workforce
Legislation to recalculate prevailing construction wage passes in West Virginia
While Indiana appears to be on the way to repealing its common construction wage entirely, lawmakers in West Virginia have passed legislation that will recalculate how the wage is set. With a 56-39 vote, West Virginia’s House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 361, according to a report from WTRF TV. The bill will go back to […]
March 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Fahrner Asphalt, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce team up to offer road construction training in Wisconsin
Fahrner Asphalt Sealers and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (HCCW) have partnered to offer road construction and repair job training, according to a report by the Milwaukee Business Journal. “The HCCW is excited about this new partnership with Fahrner that will train and develop underutilized workers to address the shortage of skilled labor in the […]
March 1, 2015
Safety
Worker survives NYC building collapse by riding wreckage to the ground
A worker on the top floor of a New York City parking garage somehow survived Wednesday afternoon when a portion of the three-story structure collapsed beneath him. According to a report from CBS New York, the West 57th Street building was undergoing interior demolition when a 50-foot square portion of the garage came down. New York […]
February 26, 2015
Workforce
Construction workers shot in jobsite attack in Nashville
As if the heights and heavy machinery didn’t make construction work dangerous enough, U.S. home builders apparently now have to contend with the threat of gunfire. Thursday brought yet another armed jobsite attack, this time in Nashville. According to a report from The Tennesseean, two men working on a home in the northern part of the city were approached by […]
February 26, 2015
Workforce
Wisconsin Senate passes right-to-work bill amid protests
After two days of chaotic protests from union supporters and construction industry workers and officials, the Wisconsin Senate voted late Wednesday night to pass fast-tracked right-to-work legislation. According to a report from the Wisconsin State Journal, Senate Bill 44 passed by a margin of 17-15. The bill would mean Wisconsin workers in the private sector could […]
February 25, 2015
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